The Bourne Legacy (2012) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum's novels, centered on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the events of the previous three films. Director: a list of 22 titles created 19 Jul 2011 a list of 35 titles created 26 Sep 2011 a list of 21 titles created 07 Sep 2012 a list of 21 titles created 26 Jan 2013 a list of 49 titles created 30 Apr 2013 Title: The Bourne Legacy (2012) 6.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 1 win & 11 nominations.

See more awards » Videos When Jason Bourne is framed for a CIA operation gone awry, he is forced to resume his former life as a trained assassin to survive. Director: Paul Greengrass A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and regain his memory. Director: Doug Liman Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless CIA official and his agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer. Director: Paul Greengrass The CIA's most dangerous former operative is drawn out of hiding to uncover more explosive truths about his past. Director: Paul Greengrass The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name. Director: Brad Bird Agent Ethan Hunt comes into conflict with a dangerous and sadistic arms dealer who threatens his life and his fianceé in response . Director: J.J. Abrams An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.

Director: Brian De Palma James Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organization from eliminating a country's most valuable resource. All the while, he still tries to seek revenge over the death of his love. Director: Marc Forster 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X Armed with a licence to kill, Secret Agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007 and must defeat a weapons dealer in a high stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, but things are not what they seem. Director: Martin Campbell Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. Whilst MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. Director: Sam Mendes A secret agent is sent to Sydney, to find and destroy a genetically modified disease called "Chimera". Director: John Woo Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too.

Director: Rob Marshall Edit Storyline The events in this movie take place around the same time as the events in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). When a British reporter was writing an expose about Black Ops operations Treadstone and Black Briar, and the ones responsible for them are concerned. And when Jason Bourne, former Treadstone operative got the file on Treadstone and Black Briar and gave it to Pamela Landy who then passed it to the media. When the men behind Treadstone and Black Briar learn of this, they're concerned how this will affect other ops they have. They decide it's best to shut down all ops and make sure make everyone involved disappears. They try to take out Aaron Cross who is part of another op called Outcome, but he manages to survive. He then seeks out Dr. Marta Shearing who worked on him when he began. It seems part of the program is for all subjects to take medications but he has run out, which is why he seeks her. But someone tries to kill her. He saves her and she tells him, he should have stopped ...

Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com There Was Never Just One Genres: Rated PG-13 for violence and action sequences | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 10 August 2012 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $38,142,825 (USA) (10 August 2012) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia When Aaron Cross arrives in Chicago, he finds the car containing passports, ID's (both with different names/aliases), money and a gun in the inside panel of the car door. This is almost identical to The Bourne Identity (2002) where Matt Damon goes to the bank to retrieve the safety deposit box that also contains several different passports, ID's (both with different names/aliases), money and a gun as well. See more » Goofs During the pursuit of Cross and Dr. Shearing, it's mentioned in the operations room that they took American Airlines flight 167 from JFK to Manila. However, American Airlines flight 167 actually goes from JFK to Tokyo's Narita airport.

See more » Quotes Not even close to a Bourne movie 16 August 2012 | by parallel_projection (United States) – See all my reviews In a way I think this film disgraces the Bourne series, and here's why: it simply did not have the feel of a Bourne movie. Between awkwardly chosen locations, some sci-fi drug twist, and and incredibly over-simplified and at times dull plot line, this is hardly an action movie, let alone a Bourne movie. Also, and this part really bothered me, I feel like Tony and Dan Gilroy did things with some of the Bourne characters that were not true to Robert Ludlum's vision, even going so far as to change the initiation program and the amount of information leaked at the end of Ultimatum. Secondly, the direction was very close up the entire time, and during many of the chase scenes I found myself unable to watch. The entire time it is very shaky, and because of the closeness, it's difficult to get the whole picture of what's going on. Lastly, some of the acting wasn't very good. I've never liked Jeremy Renner, and this movie didn't change my opinion on him.

It's not that he's a bad actor, it's just that I don't like him as an actor. Edward Norton, though, was incredibly stiff and robotic the whole time, as were some of the other government workers. The best performance was probably from Rachel Weisz, who did well as a woman trying to deal with shock and guilt. If you happen to like almost all action movie, go ahead and watch this, but if you're a Bourne fan, I wouldn't bother wasting your and tarnishing some aspects of the past movies. 164 of 289 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes ‘Bourne 5’ Release Date, Cast & Plot: Matt Damon Returning as Jason Bourne! | Master Herald ‘Bourne 5’ Release Date, Cast & Plot: Matt Damon Returning as Jason Bourne! Posted By: Kazem Sedighzadeh Posted date: January 08, 2015 In: TV Matt Damon will be reprising his role as Jason Bourne in the upcoming fifth installment of the very successful action movie franchise, adapted from the book of novelist Robert Ludlum.

It can be recalled that Damon starred in the first three films of the series starting with “Bourne Identity” shown in 2002, “Bourne Supremacy” released two years later, and “The Bourne Ultimatum” shown in 2007. He only missed the fourth movie in the series shown in 2012 with Jeremy Renner taking the movie’s lead role on his behalf. Box-office blockbusters “Bourne Identity” made a worldwide box office haul of over $214 million in 2002. Two years later, the “Bourne Supremacy” grossed over $288 million worldwide. The “Bourne Supremacy” as if consistent with its title, is the highest grossing film in the series, with a box-office take of nearly $442 million worldwide in 2007 Jeremy Renner’s take on the series in “Bourne Legacy” also fared well, amassing box-office gross of $276 million. With the return of Damon to the franchise, both the producers at Universal Pictures and the fans are getting excited over the next potential blockbuster.

Many are already thinking that the movie is not just a potential but a guaranteed blockbuster when it is released in theaters worldwide. Release date out Universal Pictures just announced on January 7 that the fifth Bourne movie, which has yet to have an official title, already has a final release date. It’s going to be on July 29, 2016, reports IGN. The release date was a change from an earlier announcement that “Bourne 5” will be hitting theaters on July 14, 2016. The move was a result of the decision of 20th Century Fox to move the showing of “Planet of the Apes 3,” which originally had the July 29, 2016 release date, to July 14, 2017, thus delaying Matt Damon’s return as Jason Bourne by a mere two weeks. Along with Damon, Paul Greengrass will also be returning to direct the fifth movie of the franchise.

He also directed “Bourne Supremacy” and “Bourne Ultimatum.” Producers Frank Marshall, Jeffery Weiner, and Captive Entertainment shall also be returning for “Bourne 5” who shall also be co-produced by Matt Damon, Paul Greengrass and Greg Goodman. Damon and Greengrass will actually be wearing three hats in the movie as they will also co-write the screenplay along with Christopher Rouse. Storyline There has not been an official storyline announced yet about “Bourne 5” but it would likely focus on the return of Jason Bourne, who was missing in action in Moscow during the fourth movie. Jeremy Renner did not replace Damon as Jason Bourne in “Bourne Legacy” but played the role of Aaron Cross, a government operative assigned to a black ops program of the Department of Defense that somehow went haywire. If the storylines of the previous Bourne movies would be the basis, then “Bourne 5” will also be full of double-dealings and double-crossings but with the usual pack of non-stop action and suspense all the way.

New on DVD and Blu-ray: The Bourne Legacy takes the spy series in a new direction New on DVD and Blu-ray: The Bourne Legacy takes the spy series in a new direction Digital Crave Contributor More Every week, the home video market is flooded with new titles released to DVD and Blu-ray. In addition to the wide-release movies that rotate into Redbox and retail store shelves, literally dozens of other titles go on sale each week — new box sets, old reissues, TV series collections, independent films, documentaries, foreign films and a disturbing number of weird low-budget horror films. In our new weekly Digital Crave feature, we'll highlight one or two new DVD/BD releases each week that are worth considering for purchase as opposed to rental or streaming. Some films and TV collections you want to have on your shelf — for the exclusive DVD/BD bonus materials, or for their replay value, or just for general awesomeness. New to DVD and Blu-ray this week, The Bourne Legacy is the fourth entry in the critically and commercially successful spy series loosely based on the novels of Robert Ludlum.

Ascendant movie star Jeremy Renner replaces Matt Damon in the lead role, as the story makes a sideways jump from Jason Bourne to fellow black-ops tough guy Aaron Cross, who has his own set of problems. The events in Legacy take place concurrently with the events in the last film, The Bourne Ultimatum. Like Jason Bourne, Aaron Cross is a trained assassin hardwired through tortuous indoctrination — enhanced training, you might say — to kill without hesitation. But hesitate he does, especially when it becomes clear that the big bosses are systematically killing off their own assassins. Tony Gilroy, who wrote most of the first three films, takes over as director in Legacy and he offers up the usual blend of visceral action and cerebral spy intrigue. Also on hand, Rachel Weisz as CIA-employed medical doctor, and new villain Col. Eric Byer (Edward Norton), who runs the show from the usual high-tech nerve center of computer displays and nervous underlings. Legacy doesn't quite live up to the excellence of the first three films, but it's still a clever and efficient action thriller with some interesting conjectures on the military-pharmaceutical complex. Renner proves entirely capable of carrying the franchise into the future.

As an actor, he has an interesting coiled stillness that serves the character well. If 007 is a little too stylized for your taste, the Bourne movies offer a nice alternative, the martinis and Bond babes replaced with more gritty and plausible scenarios. All the movies in the Bourne series have great replay value in that each individual scene is so carefully crafted. This is state-of-the-art action thriller filmmaking. Extras: The DVD/Blu-ray combo set has some intriguing deleted scenes that deepen the characters but were cut simply for reasons of time and pacing. The filmmaker's commentary track features director Gilroy and six other members of the creative team. The seven featurettes explore various aspects of the production — motorcycle chases, wolf training — and dig into the mythology of the Bourne universe. Also New This Week: Mankind: The Story of All of Us : The History channel documents the rise of the human race in a 12-part miniseries. Ted : Mark Wahlberg stars in director Seth MacFarlane's surprise summer comedy hit. Ice Age: Continental Drift : Manny the Mammoth returns in the fourth installment of the animated family film series.

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The Bourne Identity Main article: The Bourne Identity (film) A man (Matt Damon) is found floating in the Mediterranean Sea with two gunshot wounds in his back and a device with the number of a Swiss safe deposit box embedded in his hip. Upon reaching shore, the man assumes the name Jason Bourne after finding a passport under the name in the safe deposit box, along with other international passports, large amounts of assorted currencies, and a gun. He subsequently attempts to discover his true identity while countering attempts on his life by CIA assassins, eventually realizing that he is one such assassin who failed to complete his most recent mission. Bourne breaks his connections to the CIA and unites with Marie Kreutz (Franka Potente), a woman who helped him learn about his most recent actions prior to his memory loss. Bourne's conflict with the CIA reaches a climax when he takes the fight to their doorstep. The Bourne Supremacy Main article: The Bourne Supremacy (film) Some two years after learning that he is a trained assassin and breaking his connections with the CIA, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is framed for a crime connected to one of his past missions.

A subsequent attempt on his life results in Marie's death, so he decides to take revenge by hunting down those responsible for her death and his forgotten past, thinking that the CIA is hunting him again. Bourne discovers that Ward Abbott (Brian Cox), one of the men who oversaw Operation Treadstone, the program which trained Bourne to be an assassin, stole millions of dollars from the CIA. Abbott meant to implicate Bourne in the theft with the frame-up, which would have led the CIA on a wild goose chase had Bourne been killed as intended. Bourne exposes Abbott to Pamela Landy (Joan Allen), the CIA officer in charge of finding Bourne, and Abbott commits suicide. During a long car chase with Bourne, the Russian agent who was paid to kill him and was responsible for Marie's death is killed, and Bourne goes into hiding. The Bourne Ultimatum Main article: The Bourne Ultimatum (film) After six weeks of disconnection from his job, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) learns that a British journalist has been investigating his past and contacts him to find out who his source is.

Bourne is subsequently targeted by Operation Blackbriar, an upgraded Operation Treadstone, which has also taken note of the investigation. Believing that Bourne is a threat and is seeking revenge, Blackbriar's director Noah Vosen (David Strathairn) begins a new hunt for Bourne. Bourne manages to take classified documents proving that Blackbriar has targeted U.S. citizens; he is aided by Pamela Landy, who disagreed with Vosen from the beginning and does not support Blackbriar's existence, and former Treadstone logistics technician Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles). She may have had romantic feelings for Bourne before his final mission and resultant amnesia. Bourne finally comes face to face with the person who oversaw his behavioral modification as the first Treadstone operative some years earlier, memories of which resurface. Those responsible for Treadstone and Blackbriar are exposed, and Bourne goes underground.

The Bourne Legacy Main article: The Bourne Legacy (film) Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) is a member of Operation Outcome, a United States Department of Defense black ops program which enhances the physical and mental abilities of field operatives through pills referred to as "chems". Cross, deployed to Alaska for a training assignment, traverses rugged terrain to reach a cabin operated by an exiled Outcome operative. Meanwhile, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) has exposed the Blackbriar and Treadstone programs in public, leading the FBI and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to investigate those involved. Retired Air Force Colonel Eric Byer (Edward Norton), who is responsible for overseeing the Beta program from which the CIA's Treadstone and Blackbriar were developed, decides to end Outcome and kill its agents. Cross manages to survive several attempts on his life and seeks a way to get more chems, as his have run out. Cross eventually comes upon Dr. Marta Shearing (Rachel Weisz), his last link to gain more chems. He discovers she has no pills but that his physical enhancements have actually "viraled-out" and are now genetically permanent, so he no longer needs those.

He reveals to her that without the help of the mental enhancements, he possesses a well below average IQ. To avoid this mental regression, and the operatives hunting them, the two travel to a factory in Manila and with Shearing's help, Cross survives the possibly fatal process of "viraling-out" of his dependency of the remaining mental enhancing pills. They evade the Manila police and an operative from the new LARX program, and successfully escape from the Philippines on a junk ship. Jason Bourne Main article: Jason Bourne (film) Universal confirmed at a media conference in Los Angeles, California, that they have plans to release more Bourne films, despite Legacy being given mixed reviews by critics. In a December 2012 interview, Matt Damon has revealed that he and Paul Greengrass are interested in returning for the next film. On November 8, 2013, Deadline reported that the fifth installment in the franchise will feature Renner's Cross, with Justin Lin directing. Andrew Baldwin was attached for the film's screenplay writing.

On September 15, 2014, it was announced that Damon and Greengrass will indeed return for the next Bourne film, taking the release date, with Renner returning as Cross in a separate film, at a later date. In November 2014, Damon confirmed that he and Greengrass will return with a script from themselves and film editor Christopher Rouse. On May 23, 2015, Deadline reported that Alicia Vikander is in talks to star with Damon in the fifth film. In June 2015, Variety reported that Stiles will reprise her role as Nicky Parsons and Viggo Mortensen is in talks to appear in the film as an assassin who's tracking down Bourne. Deadline reported that Vikander is confirmed to appear in the film. On July 28, 2015, Tommy Lee Jones was cast in a role in the fifth film. On September 1, 2015, Variety reported that French actor Vincent Cassel is cast as the film's villain.

Producer Frank Marshall confirmed principal photography for the new film had commenced on September 8, 2015.[19] The film itself was set to be released on July 16, 2016.[20] The Bourne Legacy -2012 - ComingSoon.net The Bourne Legacy MPAA Rating:PG-13 (for violence and action sequences) Screenwriters:Tony Gilroy, Dan Gilroy Official website: TheBourneLegacy.net Plot Summary: The narrative architect behind the "Bourne" film series, Tony Gilroy, takes the helm in the next chapter of the hugely popular espionage franchise that has earned almost $1 billion at the global box office: "The Bourne Legacy." The writer/director expands the "Bourne" universe created by Robert Ludlum with an original story that introduces us to a new hero (Jeremy Renner) whose life-or-death stakes have been triggered by the events of the first three films. For "The Bourne Legacy," Renner joins fellow series newcomers Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Stacy Keach and Oscar Isaac, while franchise veterans Albert Finney, Joan Allen, David Strathairn and Scott Glenn reprise their roles.

News Remove Movie Trailer, Reviews and More | TVGuide.com Autoplay The Bourne Legacy - Official Trailer 02:40 — The narrative architect behind the Bourne film series, Tony Gilroy, takes the helm in the next chapter of the hugely popular espionage franchise that has earned almost $1 billion at the global box office: The Bourne Legacy. The writer/director expands the Bourne universe created by Robert Ludlum with an original story that introduces us to a new hero (Jeremy Renner) whose life-or-death stakes have been triggered by the events of the first three films. VIDEO: SNL Utilizes Jeremy Renner’s Action Movie Chops, Puts Adam Levine in a Stand-Off Nov 18, 2012 11:31 AM EST Thanks to hits like The Avengers, Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol and The Bourne Legacy, 2012 saw Jeremy Renner catapult from Oscar nominee and rising star to bona fide action star.

So it's only fitting that for his first time hosting Satu… Read more Fifth Bourne Movie Gets Summer 2015 Release Date - CINEMABLEND Fifth Bourne Movie Gets Summer 2015 Release Date By Kristy Puchko 3 years ago Mark your calendars because the continuation of the Bourne franchise will hit theaters on August 14th, 2015. This unnamed fifth installment will not follow the story of the titular Robert Ludlum hero Jason Bourne. Instead it will track the growing narrative of Bourne colleague Aaron Cross, who was introduced in the film series' last entry, The Bourne Legacy . While reporting Bourne 5's release date, Deadline confirmed that Jeremy Renner would reprise the role of Cross, and Justin Lin, best known for making Fast & Furious a world-dominating action franchise, will helm. Reports of a sequel to The Bourne Legacy surfaced a nearly a year after it opened in August of 2012. Typically, when an action movie does well--or is even suspected to--studios get to work on lining up a sequel as soon as humanly possible, all the better to cash in on fan enthusiasm.

But even with the star power of Renner behind it, The Bourne Legacy underperformed at the box office, making Universal cautious. Still, its failure is a matter of perspective. The $125 million movie made $113 domestic and another $162 million internationally. $276 million is nothing to sniff at, but the profits here paled in comparison to the Damon-fronted Bourne trilogy of The Bourne Identity ($60 mil to make, $214 mil worldwide), The Bourne Supremacy ($75 mil to make, $288 mil worldwide), and The Bourne Ultimatum ($110 mil to make, $442 mil worldwide). See, Universal continued the pattern of upping the cost of production. But without the star they'd built this Bourne empire on, the fourth feature faltered. Still, it seems the studio is not ready to give up on the saga of ex-assassin Cross. Though I'd be willing to bet this project will be boasting a much leaner budget than its immediate predecessor.

Last August Universal ditched Tony Gilroy--writer of all four of the Bourne movies thus far--and lined up Anthony Peckham , who penned Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes, to draft the screenplay for this unnamed Bourne 5. Whether this picture might serve as a possible Cross/Bourne crossover has been a matter of speculation, but not one with much substance. No mention of Damon is made in the latest Deadline report, and in late August Universal denied outright that either Damon or Paul Greengrass, who helmed The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, would be on board. Then just last month, came news that Lin would be helming Bourne 5, which is frankly a brilliant move on Universal's part. Lin took the languishing Fast & Furious franchise and built it into something that appealed to multiple demographics, eager to see its movies in theaters. He created a complex saga for the cast of car thieves that made revisiting past films a part of the joy of watching new releases. He cut the drama with a knowing brand of humor.

He treated the franchise as a source of spectacle on several fronts, giving over tons of mind-blowing stunts for action junkies and loads of PG-13 sex appeal for both women and men . And he did all this with a diverse cast when Hollywood seems to still insist most heroes be white, straight and male. The Bourne franchise needs this kind of overhaul to reignite it, and Lin seems just the man to do it. The only bad news here is we'll have to wait so long to see what he comes up with. Subscribe To Topics You're Interested In close ‘Bourne’ series takes step back | Cinema Corner ‘Bourne’ series takes step back Posted on (Photo by Universal Pictures) Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is back and as tough as ever in the latest movie in the “Bourne” franchise. BY ROGER THOMAS Film Critic There have been four “Bourne” films before this new one, “Jason Bourne.” Actually, you could debate whether the fourth film actually belonged with the others. Released in 2012, it was titled “The Bourne Legacy.” This film did not star Matt Damon, the lead of the previous three films.

In the fourth film, Jeremy Renner is the hero, Aaron Cross. Renner’s character was very similar to Bourne, hence the title, “Bourne Legacy.” When I reviewed “Legacy” in 2012, I concluded that review with the idea that I believed the “Bourne” films had helped the “James Bond” series. The Bond films had become very weak. After the original film, “The Bourne Identity,” was launched, I think the “Bond” filmmakers saw an example of how to make Bond new again. Tougher action and violence, grittier settings is what revived the “Bond” films. “Bond” ultimately became superior to the “Bourne” films once again and after four episodes, “Bourne” seemed to have run its course. The original three “Bourne” films were successful. The first, “The Bourne Identity,” which opened in 2002 grossed $121 million. The second and third films, “Supremacy” and “Ultimatum” grossed $176 million and $227 million, respectively. The series was obviously growing with each installment, until Matt Damon left.

“The Bourne Legacy” dropped the numbers back down to the original film’s grosses at $113 million. It seemed that audiences were not interested in a “Bourne” film without Matt Damon as Bourne. Four years later, Damon is back as Bourne. Regretfully, I have to admit I liked the last film without Damon and with Renner, more than I liked this new film. It is not Damon’s fault. He does good work here as Bourne. Tommy Lee Jones plays a villain well. Recent Oscar winner Alicia Vikander has the most interesting role in the film because her character actually transforms as the plot unfurls. Julia Stiles also has a pivotal role. Overall the cast is fine. There are also moments in the plot, not many but some, that work really well. However, there are plenty of other moments that just seemed repetitive. I was chatting with a colleague of mine after the film ended. He asked me what I thought and I said, “It was a lot of running, a lot of talking and several car crashes, but they did those things well.” My friend laughed and then quoted my words to someone else. I did not intend for that to be a compliment.

I guess I was rooting for Bourne to win all those chases and escapes. I guess all those conversations that helped explain the plots of the good guy and the bad ones were necessary, but it all seemed tiresome and distracting. I found myself several times thinking of things other than what happened on screen. The film failed to keep my attention more than once. Then there is the big final epic car chase that includes a great collision of vehicles on a street in Las Vegas. I know that scene was choreographed and no one was harmed in the filming of that scene. However, I still find the scene disturbing. I guess the action climax did not really work for me, but neither did the rest of it. I still believe the “Bourne” series inspired the recent “James Bond” films with Daniel Craig as 007, and I am appreciative of that. I only hope if there is a sixth “Bourne” film, it will be more than the fifth one is. Roger Thomas is a member of the North Carolina Film Critics Association. He reviews films for The Stanly News & Press.

Share this: The Bourne Legacy (film) | The Bourne Directory | Fandom powered by Wikia The Bourne Legacy (film) There was never just one. Country "There Was Never Just One" ―Tagline The Bourne Legacy is the fourth feature film in the Jason Bourne film series and was released on August 10, 2012. It is based on the novel by Robert Ludlum and Eric Van Lustbader . It is directed by Tony Gilroy , screenwriter of the first three films, and stars Jeremy Renner as CIA agent Aaron Cross . Matt Damon did not return for the film, as a result only pictures of him as Bourne are seen. Contents Edit Aaron Cross is a member of Operation Outcome, a U.S. Defense Department black ops program which is a replacement for Operation Blackbriar and which employs pills referred to as chems that genetically enhance the physical and mental abilities of field operatives. The chems effect is temporary, and the program participants depend on them being given to them by the program. As punishment for going off the grid for four days Cross is assigned to Alaska for a training exercise, where he must survive certain activities and traverse rugged terrain in order to arrive at a remote cabin.

The cabin is operated by an exiled Outcome operative, Number Three, who informs Cross that he broke the mission record by two days. Cross is unsure if he is simply having his wrist slapped, or if he is to be assassinated for insubordination, and so is trying to acquire extra chems( in case he has to escape) from Outcome 3, who lives at the cabin, and has a store of extra chems. He succeeds in getting an extra days supply. Meanwhile, a British reporter who was writing on Treadstone and Blackbriar, the programs preceding Outcome, is assassinated. Blackbriar and Treadstone are publicly exposed , by Pamela Landy leading the FBI and the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to investigate CIA Director Ezra Kramer, Deputy Director Pamela Landy , Operation Blackbriar supervisor Noah Vosen , and Treadstone clinical researcher Dr Albert Hirsch. Kramer requests help from Eric Byer, a retired US Air Force colonel responsible for overseeing the CIA's clandestine operations. Byer discovers a potentially damaging videos on Youtube in which the lead researchers for Treadstone and Outcome appear together at professional functions in public.

To prevent the Treadstone investigation from spreading to Outcome, Byer decides to shut Outcome down and eliminate everyone in it, agents and scientists included. He sees the sacrifice as necessary because of Jason Bourne being loose in the United States, and because they have the science, and the government has separately initiated next-generation beta programs, including the supersoldier program LARX, which need to be kept safe. Byer deploys a UAV (drone) to eliminate Number Three and Cross. Cross hears the drone's approach and asks Outcome Three about it. Outcome Three doesn't know, and they realize something is wrong. They decide to spread out, and Cross leaves moments before a missile destroys the cabin with Number Three inside. When the drone returns, he tapes a thermal blanket and metal bowl to his thigh, masking the signal from a tracking device beacon implanted in his thigh. He shoots the drone down with his sniper rifle . Cross removes the tracker and force feeds it to a wolf from a pack hunting him. When a second drone kills the wolf and destroys the transmitter, Byer assumes Cross is dead. Byer engineers the death of other Outcome agents with poisoned yellow chems. Hirsch dies of an apparent heart attack before he can testify before the U.S.

Senate. An indoctrinated Dr Donald Foite kills all but one of his top-level colleagues. When security guards break into the lab, Foite turns his gun on himself, leaving geneticist Dr Marta Shearing as the sole survivor. When a crack team of CIA assassins attack Shearing at her isolated house, they are eliminated by Cross. He sees her as his likeliest link to the chems so he can retain his enhanced capabilities and keep himself enhanced, which is the only way he can survive, as without enhancement he is has a very low IQ, and can not live independently, much less stay on the run. Shearing reveals that, without his knowledge, Cross has been genetically modified by a tailored virus to retain the physical benefits without needing to take the green chems. He still requires regular doses of blue chems to maintain his intelligence, but he is running out. To Explain why he needs to stay enhanced, Cross confides that he is Private First Class Kenneth J. Kitsom (reportedly killed by a roadside bomb in the Iraq War ) and that his recruiter had to lie about his substandard IQ to satisfy the US Army 's minimum requirements by 12 IQ points to hit the minimum requirement.

Furthermore, subjects who had been deprived of the blue chems were known to have their cognitive functions drop to an even lower level than their original prior to induction into the program, meaning Cross would suffer severely. Without his enhanced intelligence, they stand no chance of survival. Cross and Shearing travel to the Philippines, where the chems are manufactured, to infect him with another virus so he will not need the blue chems. Byer's team ascertains their intentions, and send LARX and the Manila police to find Cross and Shearing while he is ill with the virus. In Manila , Cross and Shearing bluff their way into the factory producing the pills. Shearing injects Cross with live virus stems. Byer alerts the factory's security staff, but Cross and Shearing escape. Byer orders LARX-03, a chemically brainwashed supersoldier, to kill them. They shelter in a flophouse , where Cross recovers from the flu-like symptoms. Cross tells Shearing to leave with the money, but she refuses, instead opting to stay and take care of him. During the night, Cross dreams about his initiation into Outcome. The next day, police surround the doss-house while Shearing is buying medicine.

She manages to warn Cross, who rescues her from the officers. He steals a motorcycle, and they are pursued by both the police and LARX-03. After a lengthy chase through the streets and marketplaces, they lose the police. Both Cross and LARX-03 are shot. LARX-03 locates his quarry again, but is killed when Shearing causes his motorcycle to crash into a pillar. Shearing persuades a Filipino boatman to help them escape by sea. Byer's team has lost their trail, and has no other means to currently find them. As Cross checks their bearing on a map, Shearing tells him that she was hoping they were lost, at which Cross smiles and puts away the map. Comparison with novel Stacy Keach as Turso Additionally Paz , portrayed by Edgar Ramirez is briefly seen shooting and killing Simon Ross (portrayed by Paddy Considine) at Waterloo Station , event which also takes place during The Bourne Ultimatum. Matt Damon has a photographic cameo, as his picture as Jason Bourne is seen at the beginning and end of the film.

Development Edit Originally the film was to be written by George Nolfi, and would star Matt Damon , Julia Stiles and Joan Allen . However on November 30th 2009 Paul Greengrass stated he was not interested, and the project was cancelled. Matt Damon said he wouldn't return to the Bourne franchise unless Greengrass directed again. Gilroy said he did not get involved with the project "until the rules were that Matt [Damon] was gone, Matt and Paul [Greengrass] were gone, there was no Jason Bourne. That was the given when I had the first conversation about this. So it was very important to me, extremely important to me, that everything that had happened before be well preserved and be enhanced if possible by what we're doing now." [1] He also said, "you could never replace Matt [Damon] as Jason Bourne. This isn't James Bond. You can't do a prequel.

You can't do any of those kinds of things, because there was never any cynicism attached to the franchise, and that was the one thing they had to hang on to." [2] Tony Gilroy was announced as writer and director on June 9, 2010. The film was set as a "sidequel", rather than a direct sequel or reboot of the franchise. Shooting began in January of 2012, in New York and Manila, Philippines. Soundtrack

Question: Released in 2012, which is the fourth in the ‘Bourne’ series of films?
Answer: THE BOURNE LEGACY